Somebody in my theater clearly did not want to take the premise seriously and was laughing when Furiosa was sad in the desert and I was internally like EXCUSE ME, MA'AM.
The blood. Somebody on Tumblr was talking about how the blood transfusion was a perfect reversal of, like, the thing that always happens in these movies where a woman has been exploited in some kind of bodily way and yet she must learn to love again. His bodily integrity was violated horrifically! And yet he also retained the ability to choose to make himself vulnerable in that way again! MAX.
The things he said while he was trying to save Furiosa were so, just. Leave me here clutching my face and rolling around.
Oh my god so re: Splendid. The quartet of gentlemen behind me were all, like, ready for Splendid to give birth in the truck and one of them was like PFFT, OF COURSE when she clutched her stomach and made a noise, and then the REST OF THE MOVIE HAPPENED and there was a silent sound of chagrin.
Also, can we talk about the warboy's culture? It made sense. They did such a good job through Nux of illustrating why - given their material situation - this was both a reasonable worldview for the warboys to be involved in and an exploitation of the vulnerable by the powerful. Nux just wanted to drive one of the trucks, man. He was a teenager and his adolescence sucked and he wanted to feel meaningful in his endeavors. And Capable! Argh. ARGH.
no subject
The blood. Somebody on Tumblr was talking about how the blood transfusion was a perfect reversal of, like, the thing that always happens in these movies where a woman has been exploited in some kind of bodily way and yet she must learn to love again. His bodily integrity was violated horrifically! And yet he also retained the ability to choose to make himself vulnerable in that way again! MAX.
The things he said while he was trying to save Furiosa were so, just. Leave me here clutching my face and rolling around.
Oh my god so re: Splendid. The quartet of gentlemen behind me were all, like, ready for Splendid to give birth in the truck and one of them was like PFFT, OF COURSE when she clutched her stomach and made a noise, and then the REST OF THE MOVIE HAPPENED and there was a silent sound of chagrin.
Also, can we talk about the warboy's culture? It made sense. They did such a good job through Nux of illustrating why - given their material situation - this was both a reasonable worldview for the warboys to be involved in and an exploitation of the vulnerable by the powerful. Nux just wanted to drive one of the trucks, man. He was a teenager and his adolescence sucked and he wanted to feel meaningful in his endeavors. And Capable! Argh. ARGH.